Etymology

sitch

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Today it means: A brook; an occasional small waterway: a ditch, a gutter or drain; a ravine. Full definition →

Middle English sich ← Old English sīċ ← Proto-West Germanic *sīk
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sitch · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sīką“slow flowing water; a trickle”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*sīk
  3. Old English · inherited fromsīċ“a watercourse; sike”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromsich
  5. English todaysitch

From Middle English sich, siche, from Old English sīċ (“a watercourse; sike”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīk, from Proto-Germanic *sīką (“slow flowing water; a trickle”).

sitch · noun2

Clipping of situation, with phonetic respelling.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishsīċ all →

sike

Proto-West Germanic*sīk all →

Sieksough

Proto-Germanic*sīką all →

sickersike

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.